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NITED STATES PATE T irrrcn.

LAURENT H. ALLIEN, OF NET/V YORK, N. Y.

SWORD-BELT AND HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,804, dated February13, 1894.

' Application filed Decemherlfl, 1893. Serial No. 493,680- (N'o model.)

T whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAURENT H. ALLIEN, of New York city, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Sword-Belt andHanger, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in sword belts and hangerstherefor, and it has for its object to provide a hanger which, togetherwith the sword, may be expeditiously and conveniently removed from thebelt or placed in connection therewith, the removal and replacement ofthe hanger being effected without necessarily displacing the coat of thewearer of the belt, or disengaging or upturning the belt; and a furtherobject of the invention is to provide a hanger attachment for swordbelts which will be exceedingly simple, durable and economic in itsconstruction.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved sword' belt and itshanger. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective View of the hangingloop of thebelt. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the hanging loop of thebelt, and the clip of the hanger shown in engagement with the loop; andFig.4 isa vertical section taken practically on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

The sword belt Ais provided with ahanger loop B at one point in itslength, and the said loop or keeper, as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, issubstantially triangular in general contour, the contracted end or apexbeing at the top, and the lower or wider portion of the loop or keeperis curved in an outwardly direction, so that the lower end isconsiderablyin advance of the vertical plane of the upper end of thekeeper, as is clearly illustrated in Fig. 4, and adjacent to theoutwardly curved lower end of the keeper or loop a bar is formedtherein, extending from side to side,

whereby an eye 11,.is produced. The usual shield 12, is located'at theback of the hanger keeper or loop, said shield being attached to thebelt in any approved manner.

The hanger section 0 of the belt consists of the usual straps 13 and.14, provided with the ordinary or with any approved form of snaps 15.The two hanger straps 13 and 14 are united at their upper ends by abinder 16, of any approved construction, the said binder being adaptedalso to hold in place the sword hook 17. In the upper end of the binder,or at the upper end of the connected hanger straps, an eye 18, isformed, and the said eye is adapted to connect with the hanger'sectionof the belt by a snap D.. This snap consists ofa body portion 19, havingan eye 19 formed at its lower end, inwardly projecting lugs 20 producedadjacent to the eye, and the upper portion of the body is curvedinwardly and downwardlyforming a hook 21. Atongue 22 is pivotallyconnected to the ears or lugs 20 on the body of the snap, and the saidtongue is made very broad at itslupper end, as is likewise the upperportion of the body of the snap, and the tongue is normally held inengagement with the hook 21 of the snap body by means of a spring 23.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 7 1. The combination, with a sword belt provided witha keeper, the lower end of which is formed with an eye and has adownward and outward inclinatiomof a sword hanger and a snap located atthe upper end of the hanger, the tongue of the snapbeing at its innersideand the snap being adapted for engagetnent with the lower end of thekeeper, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a sword belt and a substantially triangularkeeper connected therewith, the lower end of which keeper is formed withan eye which projects downwardly and outwardly beyond the lower edge ofthe belt, of a sword hanger comprising straps connected at their upperends and provided with a sword-recei vin g hook, and a clasp pivotallyconnected with the upper end of the hanger, the said clasp consisting ofa broad body section having its upper end inturbing the uniform orupsetting the belt,

wardly and downwardly bent to engage with and whereby attachment of thehanger to the the lower bar of the belt keeper, and a broad belt or itsdetachment therefrom may be efspring-pressed tongue pivoted upontheinner fected in a convenient and expeditious man- 5 face of the bodyand normally engaging with ner, as specified.

the hook section of the body of the said clasp,

substantially as shown and described, where- LAUREN P ALLIEN' by thesword, together with the hanger, may Witnesses: be removed fromconnection with the keeper J. FRED ACKER,

10 of the belt or fastened thereto, without dis- 0. SEDGWICK.

